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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 3A
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, Sephember 23, 2009 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
DETROIT
GM raising output
at three factories
General Motors Co. will go to
24-hour operations at factories in
Kansas, Michigan and Indiana to
handle an expected increase in
demand and to make up for produc-
tion lost from a large-scale factory
consolidation announced earlier in
the year.
The automaker says it will add
a third shift at its Fairfax plant in
Kansas City, Kan., in January. That
will be followed in March or April
by third shifts at factories in Delta
Township, Mich., near Lansing, and
Fort Wayne, Ind.
About 2,400 production work-
ers will be recalled as a result of the
added shifts, and another 600 will
be recalled at parts factories across
the country, said Tim Lee, group vice
president for global manufacturing.
The increases announced yester-
day, coupled with other production
increases unveiled during the sum-
mer, will allow GM to raise North
American production from about 1.9
million vehicles this year to 2.8 mil-
lion in 2010, Lee said.
LOS ANGELES
Hundreds of cops
coordinate assault
on L.A. street gang
A notorious street gang accused of
terrorizing a neighborhood for years
and killing a sheriff's deputy was the
target of a coordinated assault by
hundreds of law enforcement offi-
cials yesterday.
Local police working with federal
agents carried out a string of early-
morning raids seeking key members
of the Avenues street gang, a long-
standing group that claims as its
territory a swath of northeast Los
Angeles. About 90 suspects were
named in a massive federal rack-
eteering indictment detailing crimi-
nal activity spanning more than a
decade.
Officers in full body armor were
seen at dawn yesterday at a blocked-
off staging area at the Dodger Stadi-
um parking lot, where suspects were
being processed at a portable book-
ing area.
NEW YORK
Pbama urges Israeli,
&Palestinian sides to
'find a way' forward
Pressing for elusive Mideast
'peace, President Barack Obama on
'yesterday challenged Israeli and
tlPalestinians leaders to do more, say-
ing it was time to "find a way for-
ward." It was the president's most
'direct engagement yet on a problem
that has vexed leaders for years.
In a moment deep in symbolism
but offering little expectation of any
immediate breakthrough, Obama
brought together Israeli Prime Min-
ister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pal-
estinian President Mahmoud Abbas
for their first three-way meeting.
- Obama's words as the meeting got
under way showed frustration with
the looming gap between the two
sides as the U.S. again tries to foster
a deal.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
Deposed Honduran
president holed up in
Brazilian embassy
Baton-wielding soldiers used tear
gas and water cannons to chase away
thousands who demonstrated out-
side the Brazilian embassy, leaving
deposed President Manuel Zelaya
and 70 friends and family trapped
inside without water, electricity or
phones.
"We know we are in danger,"
Zelaya said during interviews with
various media outlets yesterday. "We
are ready to risk everything, to sac-
rifice."
Heavily armed soldiers stood
guard on neighboring rooftops and
helicopters buzzed overhead.
Zelaya, forced out ofhis country at
gunpoint, triumphantly popped up
in the capital on Monday, telling cap-
tivated supporters that after three
months of international exile and a
w secretive 15-hour cross country jour-
ney, he was ready to lead again.
Interim President Roberto
Micheletti's response was terse:
initially he said Zelaya was lying
about being there, and then - after
Zelaya appeared on national tele-
'vision - Micheletti pressed Brazil
to hand Zelaya over so he could be
arrested under a warrant issued by
the Supreme Court chargingtreason
and abuse of authority.
- Compiled from
tDaty wire reports
China vows action on climate threat
In first U.N. speech,
Obama says
United States is
"determined to act"
China laid down a significant
plan for curbing greenhouse gases
yesterday, outlining ambitious goals
of planting enough forest to cover an
area the size of Norway and gener-
ating 15 percent of its energy needs
from renewable sources within a
decade.
Chinese President Hu Jintao
also promised at the opening of the
United Nations climate summit that
the communist nation would take
"determined and practical steps"
to boost its nuclear energy, improve
energy efficiency and reduce "by
a notable margin" the growth rate
of its carbon pollution as measured
against economic growth.
Experts were watching the Chi-
nese closely because it had in the
past largely ignored global efforts
to diminish emissions. The goals Hu
outlined also were held in contrast to
the United States, where the Senate
hasyet to take up climate legislation
and likely will not have produced a
new law by the time world leaders
gather this December in Copenha-
gen, Denmark, to negotiate a treaty
to replace the 1997 Kyoto pact.
"At stake in the fight against cli-
mate change are the common inter-
ests of the entire world," Hu said.
"Out of a sense of responsibility to
its own people and people across the
world, China fully appreciates the
importance and urgency of address-
ing climate change."
But China and some other
major fast-developing econo-
mies will not agree to binding
greenhouse-gas cuts. Developing
nations "should not ... be asked
to take on obligations that go
beyond their development stage,"
Hu said. Beijing wants to link
emissions to growth in gross
domestic product, meaning itnstill
may increase emissions even as it
takes fundamental steps to curb
them in the long run.
Much attention also was fixed on
U.S. President Barack Obama's first
U.N. speech, where he said the Unit-
ed States is "determined to act."
"The threat from climate change
SETH WENIG/AP
Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the sumnit on climate change at the United Nations headquarters in New York yesterday.
is serious, it is urgent, and it is grow- China's more specific ambitions accelerate the pace of negotiations
ing," Obama said, after receiving topped the lofty speechmaking as and to strengthen the ambition of
loud applause. "And the time we U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- what is on offer" for a new global cli-
have to reverse this tide is running moon called on presidents, prime mate pact at Copenhagen, Denmark
out" ministers and other leaders "to in December.
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CHRIS DZOMBAK/Daily
Students eat at the Hill Dining Center last night. Some have complained that the dining hall can't accomodate nearby residents.
DINING CENTER
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about 710 people.
But according to the University
Housing website, about 3,090 stu-
dents live in the Hill area.
Delays became a greater con-
cern this year when the 400 or
so residents who moved into the
recently re-opened and revamped
Stockwell Residence Hall this fall
joined the crowd of approximately
2,700 students who reside in the
Mary Markley, Mosher-Jordan,
Couzens and Alice Lloyd Resi-
dence Halls.
Logan said that though no resi-
dence hall is technically assigned
to a specific dining hall, due to its
location, the Hill Dining Center
generally serves students living in
the Hill residence halls. He added
that that was not the main point of
the dining center, though.
"The Hill Dining Center was
really built as more of a dining
destination location as opposed
to a specific dining hall designed
only for certain students," he
said.
Though Logan said he recog-
nizes that because of the dining
center's location and the lack of
dining halls in most of the Hill
residence halls the Hill Dining
Center would be the most logical
MSA
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students.
"We tried to take this complex,
giant issue and bring it to fun-
damentals and relevancy to stu-
dents," Raymond said. "It's less
symbolic and more action based."
The resolution is likely to be
voted on at next week's meeting.
MSA REFORMS BUDGET TO
CUT COSTS
MSA presented a summarized
budget last night that demonstrat-
ed a clear move to increase fiscal
discipline in assembly spending.
The executive board noted that
a spending cut was necessary
because the current system won't
be viable for the assembly in the
following years.
"We will look to see that MSA's
budget is sustainable for year's
forward, which right now it's not,"
said MSA Treasurer Vishal Bajaj.
MSA Vice President Mike
Rorro said the budget issues are
not because of fiscal irresponsibil-
ity or overspending, but because
of a shift in professional staffing.
Rorro said that about five or six
years a9o the Division of Student"
choice for all students living in the
Hill area.
Despite the additional 400 stu-
dentsfrom Stocklwgl livingithe
Hill area this year, Kathy White-
side, Menu Systems & Nutrition
Information manager, said there
aren't too many more students
going to the Hill Dining Center
than there were last year.
"It might appear to be more
crowded," she said. "But I think
part of it is just students settling
in and adjusting to their schedules
and figuring out where they want
to eat."
Logan echoed this senti-
ment, saying he anticipates that
once students settle in, the din-
ing center will probably be less
crowded.
"It has been busy," he said. "We
were anticipating all along that
we would need to provide seat-
ing for students who used to eat
in the variety of four different
dining halls. We figure that the
rush is due to new students prob-
ably not yet settled into their meal
routines and their daily campus
schedules."
He added that the Hill Dining
Center is fully equipped to accom-
modate the Stockwell residents.
Logan said students from Mar-
kley and Oxford Hall also tend to
use the Hill Dining Center.
Whiteside said there is a mas-
Affairs provided professional
assistance to MSA, but because of
budget cuts at the University, Stu-
dent Affairs limited those profes-
sional resources.
MSA was then forced to hire
more professional staff to fill the
void. Although this transition
happened years ago, Rorro said
the financial burden has finally
caught up to MSA.
Rorro said that rollover funds
covered these costs in previous
years but that the surplus is now
running low and the costs are add-
ing up.
MSA President Abhishek Mah-
anti said the limited funds were
also a result of more money being
allocated to committees and com-
missions because of increased
activity on campus.
He added in the decreased rev-
enue from AirBus as a factor too.
AirBus is an MSA-funded shut-
tle to the airport during official
school breaks. He said MSA plans
to advertise the shuttle more, in
hopes of increasing revenue.
MSA funded student groups
will not be negatively affected and
they might even see an increase
in their budgets because of the
changes, Mahanti said.
He also said if MSA can't make
due with its funding, the assembly
ter menu that each dining hall
uses to create their respective
menus, but some cafeterias have
different equipmenlt .slcls at .y
limit the type of food they can
serve.
"The Hill Dining Center was
designed with a lot more options
to offer a wide variety of food to
the students," she said. "A goal
and objective we have is to offer
this at more of the dining facili-
ties."
Engineering junior Nirmit
Agarwala, who usually eats at the
dining center, said he finds it toube
very crowded.
"There's always a lot of people
here," he said. "And the line to get
in is always very long."
LSA sophomore Sarah Correa
said that on days when the din-
ing hall is especially crowded, she
and her friends take steps to avoid
the crowds, like planning to come
at less popular times.
"It's hard to find seats on Sun-
days, so we have to strategize for
the best time to come eat," she
said.
LSA sophomore Ning Xie said
she also tries to avoid eating in
the dining hall during typical
dinner hours when it's especially
crowded.
"I try and eat dinner later,
around 7 or 8, to avoid the
crowds," she said.
might have to ask the Board of
Regents for more funding in the
future.
HOMECOMING BUDGET
APPROVED
In its weekly meeting last
night, the Michigan Student
Assembly passed a resolution to
authorize expenses for three days
of homecoming events that will
begin tomorrow.
This year's homecoming -
themed, "Those who stay will be
champions" - will kick off with
a "Burrito Mile" on Palmer Field.
Participants will eat a burritothen
race for one mile. bd's Mongolian
Grill will donate $5,000 worth of
food for participants and specta-
tors at the event.
Several student performances
by groups like Dance 2X and
the Michigan Bhangra Team - a
group that tries to raise awareness
of Punjabi culture through perfor-
mance - will follow the race.
The assembly will also host an
alumni tailgate Saturday before
the game.
Last year, the assembly spent
$12,000 on homecoming, accord-
ing to Rorro. Homecoming will
be about one-quarter of that cost
this year.
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